Ross Taylor’s absence removes a significant part of New Zealand’s batting core © AFP Take Michael Hussey or Mohammad Azharuddin out of Australia in the 2000s or India in the 1990s and it would have left a hole. Take Jason Gillespie and Javagal Srinath out of the same sides at the same time and, if they didn’t have the likes of Ricky Ponting and Glenn McGrath or Sachin Tendulkar and…
Second injury blow for New Zealand as Boult ruled out
Trent Boult will miss his second Test of the season © AFP Trent Boult has been ruled out of the second Test against South Africa in Wellington with the leg injury he sustained in Dunedin. Boult did not bowl after tea on the fourth day of the opening Test – when he was one of just two frontline seamers alongside Neil Wagner – and even with the final day’s play…
South Africa aim to exploit injury-hit New Zealand
Match Facts March 16-20 2017Start time 11.00am local (2200GMT) Play 01:09 Moonda: Matt Henry might get into the XI Big Picture As you were, then. Sort of. Four days of cut-and-thrust set things up for a fascinating fifth day in Dunedin. Then it rained. It’s done that quite a lot in New Zealand this summer. The good news, however, is after a wet and windy build-up the forecast for the…
Starc injury renews focus on front-foot law
Mitchell Starc heads home from India with injury despite an enormous amount of research into his workload and management © Getty Images Mitchell Starc is perhaps Australian cricket’s most prized asset. His bowling action, fitness and workload are all managed with the utmost precision by Cricket Australia’s extensive team performance and sports science divisions. His appearances in the IPL have been duly limited. And at 27 he is at the…
Sri Lanka bat in Bangladesh's 100th Test
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 03:28 Fernando: P Sara Oval the most result-oriented venue in the world On the 140th birth anniversary of Test cricket, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim strode into the middle wearing a special-edition blazer to mark the country’s 100th Test. Sri Lanka captain Rangana Herath won the toss though, and decided to bat. The home side made one change,…
Taylor's absence could be a hole too big for New Zealand
Ross Taylor’s absence removes a significant part of New Zealand’s batting core © AFP Take Michael Hussey or Mohammad Azharuddin out of Australia in the 2000s or India in the 1990s and it would have left a hole. Take Jason Gillespie and Javagal Srinath out of the same sides at the same time and, if they didn’t have the likes of Ricky Ponting and Glenn McGrath or Sachin Tendulkar and…
Second injury blow for New Zealand as Boult ruled out
Trent Boult will miss his second Test of the season © AFP Trent Boult has been ruled out of the second Test against South Africa in Wellington with the leg injury he sustained in Dunedin. Boult did not bowl after tea on the fourth day of the opening Test – when he was one of just two frontline seamers alongside Neil Wagner – and even with the final day’s play…
South Africa aim to exploit injury-hit New Zealand
Match Facts March 16-20 2017Start time 11.00am local (2200GMT) Play 01:09 Moonda: Matt Henry might get into the XI Big Picture As you were, then. Sort of. Four days of cut-and-thrust set things up for a fascinating fifth day in Dunedin. Then it rained. It’s done that quite a lot in New Zealand this summer. The good news, however, is after a wet and windy build-up the forecast for the…
Starc injury renews focus on front-foot law
Mitchell Starc heads home from India with injury despite an enormous amount of research into his workload and management © Getty Images Mitchell Starc is perhaps Australian cricket’s most prized asset. His bowling action, fitness and workload are all managed with the utmost precision by Cricket Australia’s extensive team performance and sports science divisions. His appearances in the IPL have been duly limited. And at 27 he is at the…
Sri Lanka bat in Bangladesh's 100th Test
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 03:28 Fernando: P Sara Oval the most result-oriented venue in the world On the 140th birth anniversary of Test cricket, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim strode into the middle wearing a special-edition blazer to mark the country’s 100th Test. Sri Lanka captain Rangana Herath won the toss though, and decided to bat. The home side made one change,…